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wéi2 4 1 3 sāi1 1
to preserve, to maintain, to hold together / to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations / to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin) / governess, matron, nanny / to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress / this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
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wéi2
to preserve, to maintain, to hold together / to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations / to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin) / governess, matron, nanny / to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress / this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
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4
to preserve, to maintain, to hold together / to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations / to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin) / governess, matron, nanny / to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress / this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
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1
to preserve, to maintain, to hold together / to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations / to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin) / governess, matron, nanny / to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress / this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
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3
to preserve, to maintain, to hold together / to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations / to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin) / governess, matron, nanny / to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress / this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
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sāi1
to preserve, to maintain, to hold together / to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations / to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin) / governess, matron, nanny / to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress / this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
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1
to preserve, to maintain, to hold together / to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations / to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin) / governess, matron, nanny / to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress / this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations